Podcasts:

Andrew Poelstra joins the show to discuss privacy and scalability enhancements to Bitcoin via Mimblewimble. In this deep dive, we discuss what makes Mimblewimble one of the most exciting technological advances in the space today.

This week's episode is a two-parter!
First I talk with John Tromp, inventor of the Cuckoo Cycle Proof of Work. We discuss egalitarian proofs of work and how Cuckoo Cycle targets consumer hardware rather than industrial ASICs. Then we talk specifics of Cuckoo Cycle.
After that, I share a short conversation I had with John McAfee about Monero. He's mentioned Monero on a number of TV networks, and we talk about why he likes the project.

I talk with LocalMonero.co co-founder Alex about the launch of their new platform, how the service works, whether we can trust them, and a bit about who they are. We talk about why they are for now choosing to stay anonymous and the complications that can cause, and we talk about the Monero community's response to their service so far. We also get into why they chose to locate in Hong Kong, as well as a bit about Hong Kong's place in the cryptocurrency space.!

I travelled to Coin Center in DC to talk with Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh about the regulatory environment and congressional attitudes towards privacy-centric crypto projects. We talk about the Coinbase/IRS John Doe summons and the ULC's model state law. Then we talk about financial surveillance law and how privacy projects fit in the US regulatory environment, distinguishing between open and closed blockchains, and how the Monero community might be able to get involved in Coin Center's advocacy.